Current Report Filing (8-k)
November 25 2019 - 7:01AM
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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT
PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d)
OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
Date of Report (Date of earliest event
reported): November 25, 2019
SORRENTO THERAPEUTICS, INC.
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified
in its Charter)
Delaware
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001-36150
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33-0344842
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(State or Other Jurisdiction
of Incorporation)
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(Commission
File Number)
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(IRS Employer
Identification No.)
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4955 Directors Place
San Diego, CA 92121
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
(Zip Code)
Registrant’s telephone number,
including area code: (858) 203-4100
N/A
(Former Name, or Former Address, if Changed
Since Last Report)
Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended
to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:
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Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)
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Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)
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Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))
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Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))
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Securities Registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:
Title of each class
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Trading Symbol
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Name of each exchange on which registered
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Common Stock, $0.0001 par value
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SRNE
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The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC
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Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging
growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).
Emerging growth company ¨
If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the
registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards
provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ¨
Item 7.01. Regulation FD Disclosure.
On November 25, 2019, Sorrento Therapeutics,
Inc. (the “Company”) issued a press release announcing that its Board of Directors has unanimously rejected an unsolicited,
non-binding term sheet proposal to acquire the Company. A copy of the press release is furnished herewith as Exhibit 99.1 to this
Current Report on Form 8-K.
The information contained in this Item
7.01 and Exhibit 99.1 furnished as part of Item 9.01 of this Current Report on Form 8-K is being furnished and shall not be deemed
“filed” for the purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”),
or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section, nor shall it be deemed incorporated by reference into any registration
statement or other filing under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Exchange Act, except as shall be expressly set forth
by specific reference to such filing.
Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
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SORRENTO THERAPEUTICS, INC.
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Date: November 25, 2019
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By:
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/s/ Henry Ji, Ph.D.
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Name: Henry Ji, Ph.D.
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Title: Chairman of the Board, President and Chief Executive Officer
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